Air Stories, April 1936 — page 59: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

THE WASP STINGS Thundering Down upon the Ordered Ranks of Britain’s Finest Fighting Ships came the Robot-Bomber—a Pilotless, Radio-controlled ’Plane and the Greatest Aerial Invention of the Age. Then came Disaster, Swift and Amazing, for the Hand that Guided the Winged Auto- maton was the Hand of Treachery and Death By Captain JOHN E. DOYLE, D.F.c. CHAPTER I The Queen Bee’s Successor UARTERMASTER BILL ROGERS watched the drifter be- longing to H.M. Aircraft-Carrier ‘* Uproarious ’’ as she left the Dayton Pier. He continued to watch until she had rounded the point and was outside Portsmouth Harbour. Then he turned and walked into his office, lighted a pipe, and made an entry in the log. “¢ Uproarious’ drifter arr. 13.00 hrs. dep. 14.00 hrs. with two officers and five ratings.” That was all. Everything, he reflected, was very quiet on the pier to-day. Good job, too. To-morrow all would be hot air and excitement, for half the Govern- ment, it seemed, was going on board the Admiralty yacht, ‘‘ Witch,’’ to see some 345 GOMIGIOO re) SJ (C(C)